Affirmative and Negative Statements, Time Expressions: In ...

UNIT

8

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

Affirmative and Negative Statements, Time Expressions: In/On/At, Like/Need/Want

UNIT GOALS

? Make affirmative and negative statements using the simple present tense

? Know how to spell and pronounce the third person singular form of verbs in the simple present tense

? Use frequency and time expressions

? Use the simple present tense to:

? talk about habits and routines

? talk about things that are always true

? talk about what you like, want, or need

OPENING TASK

Looking at Healthy and Unhealthy Lifestyles

MICHAEL

SAM

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STEP 1

Look at the photos of Michael and Sam. Michael has a very healthy lifestyle. Sam has an unhealthy lifestyle. Use your own knowledge of healthy and unhealthy habits. Imagine what Michael's and Sam's habits are. Discuss their habits with your partner.

STEP 2

For each habit, write one statement about Michael and one statement about Sam.

HABITS 1. FOOD 2. DRINK 3. EXERCISE 4. CIGARETTES 5. SLEEP 6. HOBBIES

or ACTIVITIES

MICHAEL'S HABITS

SAM'S HABITS

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form

F O C U S 1 Simple Present Tense:

Affirmative Statements

SUBJECT

I You* We They

He She It

*Both singular and plural

VERB work.

works.

EXERCISE 1

Read the true statements about Michael and Sam. Circle the correct form of the verb in each statement.

1. Michael and Sam are friends. They (work/works) at the same computer company. 2. Michael (love/loves) his job. 3. Sam (feel/feels) stressed at work. 4. They (share/shares) an office. 5. They (work/works) hard. 6. Michael (eat/eats) three healthy meals every day. 7. He (drink/drinks) a lot of water. 8. Sam (skip/skips) breakfast. 9. He (order/orders) take-out food from nearby restaurants. 10. Michael and Sam both (like/likes) sports. 11. Michael (get/gets) a good night's sleep. 12. Sam has trouble sleeping at night. He (take/takes) sleeping pills to help him sleep. 13. Michael and Sam (watch/watches) football on TV together on weekends. 14. Sam (smoke/smokes) half a pack of cigarettes a day. 15. Michael and Sam (go/goes) out for dinner together on Friday nights. 16. Michael (exercise/exercises) three times a week. 17. Sam (spend/spends) his free time in front of the TV. 18. Michael and Sam (buy/buys) season tickets to baseball games.

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EXERCISE 2

Work with a partner. For each habit, find one thing about you and your partner that is the same. Write a sentence in the WE column. Then write two more sentences. Look at item 3 for an example.

HABIT

1. FOOD 2. DRINK 3. EXERCISE 4. CIGARETTES 5. SLEEP 6. HOBBIES or

ACTIVITIES

WE

YOU

We both like sports. I play tennis.

YOUR PARTNER He plays soccer.

F O C U S 2 Talking About Habits and Routines

EXAMPLES

(a) Michael exercises several times a week. (b) Michael and Sam eat dinner together on

Friday nights.

use EXPLANATION

Use the simple present tense to talk about habits or routines (things that happen again and again).

EXERCISE 3

Match each occupation with what the people do. Use the correct verb forms and make statements aloud.

Example: A doctor takes care of sick people.

1. a doctor

a. repair cars

2. construction workers

b. enforce the law

3. a mechanic

c. greet people

4. air traffic controllers

d. take care of sick people

5. a receptionist

e. build houses

6. taxi drivers

f. direct airplanes

7. police officers

g. work in emergencies

8. a firefighter

h. take passengers to different places

Which of these jobs are the most stressful? Explain why.

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F O C U S 3 Third Person Singular:

Spelling and Pronunciation

BASE FORM OF VERB

SPELLING

PRONUNCIATION

1. The final sound of the verb is "voiceless" (for example: f/k/p/t/s/th): sleep

2. The final sound of the verb is "voiced" (for example: b/d/g/l/m/n/r/v or a vowel): feel

3. The verb ends in sh, ch, x, z, or ss: watch

4. The verb ends in a consonant + y: worry

5. The verb ends in a vowel + y: play

Add s.

Michael sleeps eight hours a night. Add s.

He feels stressed. Add es. Sam watches TV. Change y to i and add es. Sam worries about his job. Add s. Michael plays tennis on Sunday.

/s/

/z/ This adds another syllable to the verb. /iz/

/z/ /z/

6. Irregular Forms: have go do

Michael has a healthy lifestyle. /z/

He goes to the gym twice a week. /z/

Michael does the cooking.

/z/

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EXERCISE 4

The pictures of Lazy Louie and his wife Hannah are not in the correct order. Number the pictures in the correct order. Then write the number of the picture next to the sentences below. Finally, circle all the simple present tense verbs.

a. Poor lazy Louie leaves the house and goes jogging.

b. He lies down on the bench and says, "Finally, I am free!" Then he goes to sleep.

c. Lazy Louie hates exercise. He wants to sleep, but he gets up. He puts on his clothes and sneakers with his eyes closed. Hannah pushes him out of the house.

d. Lazy Louie loves to sleep. He dreams about sleeping! But he snores all the time, and his wife gets no sleep. Hannah is tired and needs to do something.

e. He runs to the park and finds his favorite bench.

f. Hannah finds a way to get Louie out of bed. She wakes him at 6:45 every morning. He continues to sleep. She shakes him. She shouts in his ear, "Time to get up! You need your exercise, dear!"

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EXERCISE 5

Here is a list of third-person singular verbs from the story about Lazy Louie. Read the verbs aloud. Then check () the sound you say at the end of the verb. Compare your answers with a partner.

VERB

/s/

/z/

/iz/

1. loves

2. dreams

3. snores

4. gets

5. needs

6. finds

7. wakes

8. continues

9. shakes

10. shouts

11. hates

12. wants

13. puts

14. pushes

15. leaves

16. goes

17. runs

18. lies

19. says

EXERCISE 6

Work in groups of five. Sit in a circle. The first person in the circle starts to tell the story of Louie and Hannah and the next continues, and so on all around the circle. The pictures in Exercise 4 and the verb list in Exercise 5 will help you.

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meaning

F O C U S 4 Frequency and Time Expressions

EXAMPLES

EXPLANATIONS

every morning/afternoon/evening/night every day/week/year every summer/winter/spring/fall all the time once a week twice a month three times a year

in + in + on + at +

the morning the afternoon the evening

1986 the summer June

Wednesday(s) March 17 the weekend

7:30 night noon

more general more specific

Frequency expressions tell how often we do something.

Time expressions tell when we do something.

EXERCISE 7

Lifestyle of a College Student. Fill in the blanks with a frequency or time expression.

Jay is a nursing student at a college. Jay gets up (1)

7:00

(2)

day of the week. He leaves home (3)

8:00

and gets to work (4)

8:45. He finishes work (5)

1:00. He attends classes at the college (6)

the afternoon three days a

week. He works at a local hospital two afternoons (7)

.

(8)

the evening, he cooks dinner and studies. He reviews his work

and his experiences at the hospital (9)

night. He goes to bed late

(10)

weekdays.

(11)

Saturday, Jay works at his second job. Jay is busy almost

all the time, but (12)

Saturday nights, he goes out with friends.

(13)

Sunday mornings, Jay sleeps late. (14)

the

afternoon, he does the laundry and food shopping. (15)

the evening,

he studies. Jay is typical of many working students at colleges in the United States.

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